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John Ellis: Emerging
by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist John Ellis was known as one of the voices of the Charlie Hunter Trio, having toured with the eight-string guitarist in recent years. His searching sound can be heard on Hunter recordings like the recently released Copperopolis. Good years for Ellis, who was able to tour steadily and still work on building a solo career ...
Talkin' with Schema Records
by AAJ Italy Staff
In occasione di alcune nuove uscite pubblicate dalla Schema Records abbiamo incontrato il fondatore e ispiratore dell'etichetta Luciano Cantone... All About Jazz: Qual'è secondo lei il filo conduttore che ha legato le produzioni SCHEMA, dai suoi esordi fino ad oggi? Luciano Cantone: - L'amore per la musica jazz e tutti i suoi derivati. Sin dalle origini ...
Antonio Sanchez: Conversations with the Music
by AAJ Staff
Music can range in its meanings and expression from the sacred song of the medicine man to the 2:00 AM syncopated notes in a smoky Village bar, but why do we do it? What use does it serve us? This is a first in a series of interviews with musicians about the nature of our relationship ...
Paul Rutherford: A Musician's Impulse
by Clifford Allen
An architect of free improvisation on the trombone, Englishman Paul Rutherford was, along with German Albert Mangelsdorff, one of the first to fully develop the potential of multiphonics on the instrument. Renowned as a soloist, his work with the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, drummer Tony Oxley, and his own Iskra ensembles was a catalyst of what has ...
Jazz Mandolin Project's Jamie Masefield Interviewed at AAJ
Mandolinist Jamie Masefield has been the man behind the Jazz Mandolin Project since inception, a group that's seen a host of musicians come through its doors in its 10-year existence. Following the release of Xenoblast (Blue Note, 2000), which gave the group its biggest push into the limelight, Masefield returned to the independent label scene, releasing ...
Jamie Masefield: Re-Invention
by Doug Collette
Jamie Masefieldâ????s professional independence is matched by his artistic integrity, so the recent premiere of his conception of Tolstoyâ????s “How Much Land Does a Man Need" is another innovative change of direction for the leader of The Jazz Mandolin Project. This new work of Masefieldâ????s is an ambitious project involving narration, video and a new original ...
Peter Madsen Interviewed at AAJ
Pianist Peter Madsen is comfortable inside and outside of the jazz mainstream, and is a mainstay on the intrepid Playscape Recordings label. His latest disc, Prevue of Tomorrow, is an intriguing solo piano outing, taking music from some of his favourite pianists down new paths. AAJ contributor RJ DeLuke recently caught up with Madsen, who splits ...
Peter Madsen: Comfortable Inside and Out
by R.J. DeLuke
Pianist Peter Madsen is well rounded in his jazz foundation, having played inside the mainstream and outside. He has the knowledge, musicianship and technique for both, and in fact says he comes by it honestly, being attracted to both sides as a youngster. “I can tell you the first two records I bought. Maybe ...
Donny McCaslin Interviewed at AAJ
Saxophonist Donny McCaslin's career has been on a gradual ascension for a few years now, with some well-deserved profile coming from a Grammy nomination for his solo on Maria Schneider's outstanding ArtistShare disc, Concert in the Garden. But 2006 may well be the year that he makes the leap into greater public acclaim, with two radically ...
Donny McCaslin: Close to the Spirit
by Paul Olson
California-born, New York-based saxophonist Donny McCaslin has become an overnight sensation. Except that he's not--he's been playing tenor (as well as other reeds and flute) with all sorts of heavyweights for years, including Gary Burton, Mike Manieri's Steps Ahead, Brian Blade and Danilo Pérez. McCaslin was a co-founder of the collaborative band Lan ...
